#A9A322#A9A322

#A9A322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A322
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -12.03, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 62.99, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0402 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7494, 34.7460, 6.6527)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A322 #2228A9

analogous

#A95F22 #A9A322 #6CA922

triadic

#A9A322 #22A9A3 #A322A9

tetradic

#A9A322 #22A95F #2228A9 #A9226C

square

#A9A322 #22A95F #2228A9 #A9226C

split-complementary

#A9A322 #226CA9 #5F22A9

monochromatic

#43410D #767218 #A9A322 #D6CF32 #E0DB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A322

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A322	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a9a322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a322;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6989,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A322

secondary

#6166C5

accent

#46E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A322

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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